What's Your Preference? 2023

(Saturday, December 16th, 2023)

It's a little crazy when we have multiple kids going to the dances. I think we'll just start with Daisy and do all her pics and then jump to Ivory, instead of mixing the two. It was a girls' choice dance in December (Preference), so Daisy picked out this nice guy named Henry and came up with a fun ask. However, she didn't have time to deliver it, and Ivory had free time, so Daisy enlisted her sister to set it up. Ivory was quite the trooper to put this question together.

Ivory filled all those cups with water. That is serious dedication.

Then just a few days later, Daisy got this response. Very sweet. 

Where we live, the day date is a thing. (I don't ever remember doing a day date in WA.) And it's a big thing. The more creative the better. Daisy's group did gingerbread houses, which seems fitting considering the season. They had a lot of fun. You should note that the boy in the pictures with Daisy is NOT her date. Her date was taking the pictures and you never see him.

Not bad guys. I just noticed there are two Henrys. So we'll call one Henry H. That one is NOT Daisy's date either. Henry H. and Johnny's dates were not there, so they made a house together. You might be able to tell which is theirs.

Daisy and her date's house looks very nice. I like the cobblestone path. 

After the day date, Daisy came home to get lovely. She borrowed a dress from Ivory (which I approve of) and looked very fancy and sparkly. (She even wore the bling tennis shoes.)

Tyler got some picture of the flower exchange before they took off. Finally, there is the Henry we were looking for.

Daisy mentioned that they had hardly any time for pictures. But they still got a couple cute ones. 

And a couple more from the evening. I think Daisy had a wonderful time. (And I bet her feet didn't hurt.)

K, time to jump to Ivory and see how her date went. She asked Parker pretty early. (Didn't want him to be nabbed.)

Although Ivory knew he was planning to go, it took him a really long time to respond...hence the clocks.

For their day date, they did something very unique. They made Christmas cookies. (That isn't the unique part) Then they all drew disabilities from a hat and had to deal with those while making cookies. Ivory drew mute and Parker got deaf, which isn't too bad. They couldn't communicate, but at least they could see. Some other teams were not as lucky. 

See, these cookies are pretty cute. 

These are more like what I thought might come out of this activity. 

Such a fun idea and this is a great group. 

Ivory came home and did the same thing as Daisy and got all glammed up. More sparkles... (I'm sad that I missed all this stuff. I was helping over at the last day of the Orem Temple's Open House.)

I really loved Ivory and Parker's pictures. Super cute. And creative that Ivory used my long diamond earrings in her hair. 

Dances are so fun. I'm glad the girls get to have this experience. Adults seem to have forgotten how to have fun, or we have fewer opportunities like these. :)

The Concert I Missed and the Other I Didn't

(December 6th, 2023)

December is concert season to be sure. I often enjoy these concerts the most because I really love Christmas music. We have several girls in choir, so let's visit their performances. First up is Pearl.

Pearl is still in Junior High, where they split up the concerts because the auditorium is not big enough to hold everyone. Kind of stupid in my opinion, but not anyone's fault that I know. I went to the earlier concert because I wanted to see Advanced Girls sing. Daisy came with me and then Ivory was going to join us for Pearl's later concert. Except that Dad showed up with her. Hold up!!

Tyler was super sick. His oxygen had been low and he had been ridiculously ill. Like, scary sick. So naturally, he wasn't going to come to the choir concert. That was a given. But there he was. Brilliant. Needless to say, he was there about 10 minutes and then it was too loud and his heart started racing (in the really not good way) and I took him outside and had him lay down on a bench and then I took him home. Where he should have stayed in the first place. 

So Ivory took pictures for me and recorded songs. And Pearl sang and was cute.

The concert at the High School is longer because all the choirs sing. (because there is enough seating for everyone) I got a little preview when Chamber choir came to the Junior High to show off their skills. It was fun to listen to them sing and I really enjoyed their Holly and the Ivy song. 

As for the actual concert, it was really nice. Chamber Choir was up first. They sang some nice songs, of which I enjoyed Ding! Dong! Merrily on High the most. It is really fun to listen to a good choir.

Sadly, Daisy's choir, Con Brio, sang really weird songs. They sang something from the Ceremony of Carols, which basically translates into something no one can understand so Mr. Taylor puts the words in the program. (Let's just be clear Mr. Taylor. If you are putting the words in the program so people understand what they are hearing, it is not the best song choice. Just saying.) But the harp was fun.

My favorite of the evening was Fruitcake, naturally. Mr. Taylor didn't even introduce the song and Ivory felt like the audience was surprised and not engaged, but I thought it was fine. Fruitcake is crazy and should remain that way.

Finally, there was A Capella. I didn't include their song because we have plenty of video on here and they sang another winner that had the words in the program. (You know how I feel already.)

Phew, got those concerts done. Oh, and since the concerts were NOT close together, you will see that Tyler was feeling much better and attended the High School concert without having to leave before it started. Yay!